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Skaters get creative in Birmingham
The Terminal | August 25th 2008 by Andre Natta
Photo: GAL Photography Those of you that use the 5th Avenue North ramp to access Interstates 20/59 or 65 may only have a second to notice that there’s been a few changes in the landscape over there in recent weeks because of the removal of the read more
Stokin’ the Fire continues today
The Terminal | August 23rd 2008 by Andre Natta
Bob Farley/f8Photo Nearly 200 contestants and thousands of BBQ and music fans enjoyed the first night of the 4th Annual Stokin’ the Fire BBQ and Music Festival Friday night a Sloss Furnaces. Mark Kozelek put on the 8 p.m. show at the main stage read more
Random Shots: Get on board!
The Terminal | August 19th 2008 by Andre Natta
An old friend of The Magic City. acnatta/Flickr. No, Larry didn’t have the streetcars re-installed overnight for the morning commute… Just figured I’d share this image with you on this Tuesday morning. It’s somewhat appropriat read more
Checking out o kafé’s new digs
The Terminal | August 15th 2008 by Andre Natta
acnatta/bhamterminal.com The banner says it all, though it did look open. Their relatively new location in Pepper Place allows folks that buy coffee from them during farmers market season to have somewhere to hang out the rest of the year. Looks like read more
P.E.T.A Teams Up With Amanda Beard
Grassy Knoll Institute | August 7th 2008 by Patrick
I commend Amanda Beard, Olympic athlete offering her name and nude body to a good cause, PETA. But it pisses me off when professional photographers and million dollar AD agencies screw up American Flag etiquette. Check the flag in the background. Yes read more
Exact Moment In History
Grassy Knoll Institute | August 6th 2008 by Patrick
Nixon / Kennedy debates 1960 At this exact moment, Richard Nixon was thinking, (Someday, I’m going to blow his motherfucking head off.) And the rest is history…. Or conspiracy. Back To Random Archives LURKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL read more
X-Files I Want To Believe Movie Critique
Grassy Knoll Institute | August 4th 2008 by Patrick
I Wanted To Believe It Was A Good Movie We walked into the theater for the much anticipated X-Files movie, I Want To Believe. The movie has been out one week and the buzz was not that good but being a big X-Files fan, we still made the trek to the th read more
Youngstown Chicken Shacks
Grassy Knoll Institute | July 23rd 2008 by Patrick
While visiting the old neighborhood I noticed how so many things have changed including the restaurants and fast food joints. I say joints for the names that follow are not classy enough to be referred to as restaurants. When I was a lad, the late 19 read more
EFX2 Blogs Debacle Redux
Grassy Knoll Institute | July 22nd 2008 by Patrick
EFX2 blogs has reared it’s ugly head once again. Apparently the service has gone dark yet again for lack of support, financial or maintenance, or both. (They should have listened to my proposal on revenue generating techniques when they had the read more
The Meaning Of Life
Grassy Knoll Institute | July 16th 2008 by Patrick
On my way home from work last night, suddenly a very bright white light appeared and descended upon my car. The light slowly engulfed my car and I was then magically transported to a higher plane of existence in the universe. Still encompassed in the read more
The back of the iPhone line at 6:15 a.m.
The Terminal | July 11th 2008 by Andre Natta
iPhone line at The Summit. acnatta/Flickr. Do we really need to say any more? This is the line at The Summit at around 6:15 this morning. By the time you see this, AL.com should have already hit the area and prepared some video for later on. Fox 6 wa read more
George Carlin R.I.P. 06/22/2008
Grassy Knoll Institute | June 23rd 2008 by Patrick
R.I.P. 06/22/2008 George Carlin, great entertainer, comedian, and actor, passed away from heart failure yesterday. he was admitted to the hospital complaining of chest pains and died several hours later. Carlin was most famous for his one comedy bit, read more
Handy Pirate
Grassy Knoll Institute | June 11th 2008 by Patrick
Tommy thought he had hit the jackpot with this sexy blond hottie. Not only was she was smokin hot, but she dressed like a pirate, and was clearly a Raiders fan. However, after some intimate chit chat, a hand job was totally out of the question! Back read more
Youngstown Chevy Centre (I Told You So)
Grassy Knoll Institute | June 8th 2008 by Patrick
If You build It - They Will Come November 29th, 2004, the city of Youngstown, Ohio invested 41 million dollars in a convocation center (Chevy Centre) deemed to breathe new life into the city by luring new business, sports teams, concerts, trade shows read more
Wordless Wednesday
There's More to the Story | June 4th 2008 by Sarah
Just random shots of the kids taken today. I think I left my camera in Dad’s garage, which is locked ($6K, min. worth of just power tools, not counting his mechanics tools, Megan’s 4-wheeler, or Dad’s custom Harley). Moo read more
Pheonix Mars Lander Finds Life
Grassy Knoll Institute | May 28th 2008 by Patrick
The age old question of “Are we alone in this universe” has been answered! The latest NASA mission to Mars has yielded startling photographs of the polar region of the planet and empirical proof that life does exist on the planet. The Pho read more
Making 20th Street uniform
The Terminal | May 27th 2008 by Andre Natta
acnatta/Flickr Those that were in downtown Birmingham last week may have noticed city crews working around traffic lights and light poles, particularly along 20th Street North. Well, a closer look at this picture shows that the city employee is spray read more
A Rainbow in Roebuck Springs
The Terminal | May 27th 2008 by Andre Natta
Bob Farley/f8Photo.org A rainbow graced the Birmingham area this morning. At times it formed a faint second rainbow, but that one did not last long. The main rainbow lasted for more than a half an hour. The photo was taken looking southwest toward do read more
Random Shots: Hypnotizing view in DC
Dre's Ramblings | May 27th 2008 by Andre Natta
acnatta/Flickr I’ve spent a portion of the weekend uploading images from some of my travels during the last year. This one was taken in January while I was in Washington, DC completing my coursework for my Certification in Professional Main Str read more
Ads to ride off into the sunset
The Terminal | May 19th 2008 by Andre Natta
André Natta/bhamterminal.com This could be the last time you see this image — if you missed Saturday’s Birmingham News, you missed this story on the removal of these ads by the BJCTA, at the mayor’s request, because it was presenti read more
Random Shots: Federal Reserve renovations continue
The Terminal | May 14th 2008 by Andre Natta
Bob Farley/f8Photo Renovations and continue on the old Federal Reserve Building at the corner of 5th Avenue and 18th Street North by Melaver, Inc. of Savannah, GA. According to the developer’s, website, “…the Federal Reserve Buildin read more
Random Shots: A bird’s eye view
The Terminal | May 13th 2008 by Andre Natta
As a photographer I’m always trying to find a different vantage point, looking for a new angle on a common subject. I recently had the opportunity to make some photographs from the unique view a helicopter provides. From my view high above the read more
Papa John’s Pizza Debacle
Grassy Knoll Institute | May 9th 2008 by Patrick
Click Thumbnail To Enlarge For Reading Papa John’s Pizza, a national pizza chain joint, coming off a PR nightmare, (A local Papa John’s outlet printed up and handed out T-shirts with crybaby 23 on them in an attempt to taunt LaBron James read more
Effective Advertising
Grassy Knoll Institute | May 7th 2008 by Patrick
On my way home from work the other day, I was on Route 224, (The main traffic artery of Boardman, Ohio) I spied this hard working lad. He was standing on the roadside attempting to drum up business for Boston Market chicken, the restaurant he works f read more
Random Shots: An update on the birds
The Terminal | May 6th 2008 by Andre Natta
Bob Farley/f8Photo The cardinal chicks fledged Wednesday afternoon. One minute they were perched on the nest the next they were in the trees and bushes. The young birds, if the survive the next few days, will be flying but still relying on their pa read more
A taste of the Connection
The Terminal | April 26th 2008 by Andre Natta
Eyebeam 2008 at the 25th annual ONB Magic City Art Connection. acnatta/Flickr We’re pretty sure that you’ve checked out all that we’ve written about this year’s Magic City Art Connection in Linn Park through Sunday. But we fig read more
Random Shots: Feed Me
The Terminal | April 25th 2008 by Andre Natta
Bob Farley/f8Photo A female cardinal feeds her chicks in a nest built in an unused gas lamp in the backyard of a Roebuck Springs house on Birmingham’s east side. The chicks hatched about three days ago, a normal incubation period is 12 to 13 da read more
Exploring on the canvas
The Terminal | April 23rd 2008 by Andre Natta
Bob Farley/f8Photo Artist Laura Lockhart will show her work for a fifth year at this weekend’s Magic City Art Connection. Her art is inspired by her travels - she uses the photos she takes on her trips abroad and combines the prints with painti read more
Signs Of Spring
Grassy Knoll Institute | April 21st 2008 by Patrick
Many countries and cities have iconic reminders that winter is fading and springtime is just around the corner. The swallows returning to Capistrano is one of the most famous signs of Springtime returning. Or the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC in read more
Seven Springs Ecoscape dedicated
The Terminal | April 14th 2008 by Andre Natta
Arnold Rutkis accompanies Birmingham City Councilors Miriam Witherspoon and Valerie Abbott through the Seven Springs Ecoscape shortly after the end of its ribbon cutting ceremony. André Natta/Flickr We figured we’d save this story for today a read more
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